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From the CLK School Board: The best career and technical students from across the Upper Peninsula competed at the regional Skills USA competition at Bay College in Escanaba on February 9, 2018. A Calumet High School welding student excelled in the Welding Division. Warren Torola placed 2nd in the Overall …

On Friday, February 9, 2018, Bay Community College held a Skills USA Competition for Auto Tech students across the U.P. Skills USA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. Skills USA helps each student excel. They provide educational programs, events …

Copperwood Resources is a recipient of a grant from the Michigan Department of Transportation. Copperwood is a mining and exploration subsidiary of Highland Copper that is proposing to mine copper ore and produce copper concentrate in Gogebic County’s Ironwood and Wakefield townships. This development, known as the Copperwood Project, is …

A new dog park could be set up in central Houghton at the corner of Houghton Avenue and Quincy Street on the north side of the former high school site. Townhomes are planned for the other side of the location and the owner of the property has agreed to lease …

The city of Houghton is going to place an order with Zamboni, Inc for a new Zamboni for Dee Stadium at a price of about $94,000. Delivery takes six to eight months so the order must be placed soon so it will arrive in time for next hockey season. The …

The city of Houghton is looking to do some other improvements at the waterfront. City Manager Eric Waara received permission from the Houghton City Council at their regular meeting Wednesday to submit a grant application to the Portage Health Foundation. If awarded, the $15,000 grant would be used for additional …

The waterfront in Downtown Houghton may soon have a boardwalk-style pier for holding special events. The city is exploring grant opportunities through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for community redevelopment and placemaking in downtowns. Recent conversations with the MEDC indicated that a larger project for Houghton may be viable along …

Contaminated soil cleanup efforts are expected to be completed by the weekend in Chassell. At that time, the highway will reopen to both lanes of traffic on US-41. Truckload after truckload, crews have been removing the fuel soaked soil for nearly two weeks from the spill site where an overturned …

Michigan Tech students, faculty, and members of the community are invited to take part in a monthly environmental movie night. The presentation is part of the Greenfilm series, that is now in its seventh year and will be followed by a group discussion.   “This is a program where we …

Rates at the county marina are going up. The Houghton County Board of Commissioners approved a 6 percent increase of the rates at their regular meeting Tuesday. County Administrator Eric Forsberg said the last rate increase was in 2013. The board also approved the sale of a parcel of property …